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Was Mother Insured by MaineCare/Medicaid before Pregnancy?* | ||||||||||||
2007 Maine Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System Survey Results | ||||||||||||
No | Yes | |||||||||||
Demographic Groups | Population | % | 95% CI | % | 95% CI | |||||||
Total | 14,110 | 69.8 | 66.6 | - | 72.9 | 30.2 | 27.1 | - | 33.4 | |||
Age | ||||||||||||
<20 years | 1,176 | 42.6 | 30.9 | - | 55.1 | 57.5 | 44.9 | - | 69.2 | |||
20-24 years | 3,620 | 57.1 | 50.3 | - | 63.6 | 42.9 | 36.4 | - | 49.7 | |||
25-34 years | 7,307 | 77.1 | 73.0 | - | 80.9 | 22.9 | 19.2 | - | 27.0 | |||
35+ years | 2,007 | 84.4 | 76.8 | - | 89.8 | 15.6 | 10.2 | - | 23.2 | |||
Mother's Race | ||||||||||||
White | 13,392 | 70.5 | 67.2 | - | 73.5 | 29.6 | 26.5 | - | 32.8 | |||
Black | 330 | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
Other | 373 | 68.5 | 43.0 | - | 86.3 | 31.5 | 13.7 | - | 57.0 | |||
Hispanic Origin | ||||||||||||
Yes | 208^ | # | # | - | # | # | # | - | # | |||
No | 13,871^ | 69.9 | 66.6 | - | 72.9 | 30.2 | 27.1 | - | 33.4 | |||
Education | ||||||||||||
< High School | 1,490 | 32.8 | 22.4 | - | 45.1 | 67.2 | 54.9 | - | 77.6 | |||
High School | 4,761 | 54.8 | 48.9 | - | 60.5 | 45.2 | 39.5 | - | 51.1 | |||
> High School | 7,798 | 85.3 | 81.9 | - | 88.2 | 14.7 | 11.9 | - | 18.1 | |||
Marital Status | ||||||||||||
Married | 8,592 | 84.3 | 81.1 | - | 87.2 | 15.7 | 12.9 | - | 18.9 | |||
Other | 5,515 | 48.4 | 42.8 | - | 54.0 | 51.6 | 46.0 | - | 57.2 | |||
Income | ||||||||||||
$14,999 or less | 4,090** | 36.3 | 29.6 | - | 43.6 | 63.7 | 56.4 | - | 70.4 | |||
$15,000-24,999 | 1,821** | 57.7 | 48.4 | - | 66.5 | 42.3 | 33.5 | - | 51.6 | |||
$25,000-49,999 | 3,054** | 78.2 | 72.0 | - | 83.4 | 21.8 | 16.6 | - | 28.0 | |||
$50,000 or more | 4,547** | 97.0 | 94.3 | - | 98.4 | 3.1 | 1.6 | - | 5.7 | |||
Enrolled in WIC | ||||||||||||
No | 8,149** | 86.3 | 83.0 | - | 89.0 | 13.7 | 11.0 | - | 17.0 | |||
Yes | 5,221** | 44.2 | 38.8 | - | 49.8 | 55.8 | 50.2 | - | 61.3 | |||
Enrolled in MaineCare/Medicaid | ||||||||||||
No | 6,485** | 100.0 | 100.0 | - | 100.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | 0.0 | |||
Yes | 7,027** | 42.0 | 37.4 | - | 46.8 | 58.0 | 53.2 | - | 62.6 | |||
Infant's birth weight | ||||||||||||
<2500 grams | 892 | 67.4 | 64.0 | - | 70.6 | 32.6 | 29.4 | - | 36.0 | |||
2500 grams or more | 13,207 | 70.0 | 66.5 | - | 73.2 | 30.1 | 26.8 | - | 33.5 | |||
NOTES: | ||||||||||||
Population size for groups giving birth in Maine are taken from the Maine Vital Statistics System unless otherwise noted. | ||||||||||||
Unknowns are excluded from all tabulations. | ||||||||||||
*Survey Question 2: Just before you got pregnant, were you on Medicaid? | ||||||||||||
** Estimates of the population size for this group giving birth in Maine are made through PRAMS. | ||||||||||||
^ Estimate of Hispanic population giving birth in Maine is taken from the 2007 birth file. | ||||||||||||
# There were fewer than 10 survey respondents to this question. Data may be unreliable for describing this group, therefore | ||||||||||||
percent is not reported. | ||||||||||||
CI = 95% Confidence Interval | ||||||||||||
Maine Department of Health and Human Services | ||||||||||||
Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics |